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ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. republican senator saxby chambliss says the man is being held in tunisia. sources tell cnn the suspect is connected to extremist groups in north africa. cnn has learned that the u.s. first became aware of this man when he posted details of the attack on social media while it was happening. and we're now getting new insight into just how quickly the state department knew about the sophistication of the assault. intelligence correspondent susan kelly has that part of the story. >> i've said it and i'll say it one more time, no one wants to find out what happened more than i do. >> reporter: secretary hillary clinton came out firing today, after e-mails obtained by cnn made clear that shortly after the attack began, the state department notified officials from the white house, the top intelligence agency, pentagon and fbi that an attack was under way and that ambassador stevens was in the compound. just two hours later another e-mail indicated the libyan extremist group ansar al sharia w
ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. republican senator saxby chambliss says the man is being held in tunisia. sources tell cnn the suspect is connected to extremist groups in north africa. cnn has learned that the u.s. first became aware of this man when he posted details of the attack on social media while it was happening. and we're now getting new insight into just how quickly the state department knew about the sophistication of the assault. intelligence correspondent susan kelly has...
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ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. here's the latest. cnn has obtained government e-mails showing that just two hours -- just two hours after the attack, both the fbi and the state department were told that anise llamaist group was taking credit. here is one of those e-mails. embassy tripol ireports the group claimed responsibility on facebook and twitter and has called for an attack on embassy tripoli. the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> this is clearly a place where they had wanted to have some terrorist success on the compound. what you saw in e-mails in that real time was a real description. if you notice, there was no talk of demonstrations or other things. it was clearly very early identified with a terrorist affiliate. >> zain verjee covers the state department for us. she joins us now from london. first question, how accurate is intelligence moments after an attack like this, in spite of those e-mails? >> intelligence experts will tell you, carol, in an event like that, of an attack or any kind of disaster situat
ambassador to libya, christopher stevens. here's the latest. cnn has obtained government e-mails showing that just two hours -- just two hours after the attack, both the fbi and the state department were told that anise llamaist group was taking credit. here is one of those e-mails. embassy tripol ireports the group claimed responsibility on facebook and twitter and has called for an attack on embassy tripoli. the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> this is clearly a place...
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reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots, explosions had been heard as well, and ambassador stevens who is currently in benghazi and four mission personnel are in the compound safe haven. now, a half hour later, an update that said that the embassy reports the firing at the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi has stopped. and the compound has been cleared, a response team is on site, attempting to locate those personnel. and you can see, i mean, fred, that wasn't actually the case. you see how frantic and chaotic it is in these moments after the attack because what really had happened was that some of these armed gunmen had breached the walls and actually set fire to that one building where ambassador stevens and the other gentleman, shawn smith, were holed up in the safe room and met their fate. so i think secretary clinton was trying to show that this is pretty chaotic and in the fog of war, these are the kind of spot assessments of what happened at the time. and just one kind of data point in what was go on that night. >> and so elise, while one of those e-mails talks about the c
reports approximately 20 armed people fired shots, explosions had been heard as well, and ambassador stevens who is currently in benghazi and four mission personnel are in the compound safe haven. now, a half hour later, an update that said that the embassy reports the firing at the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi has stopped. and the compound has been cleared, a response team is on site, attempting to locate those personnel. and you can see, i mean, fred, that wasn't actually the case. you...
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ambassador in libya, chris stevens. who knew what, when, just a part of this criminal investigation. it's become one of the most angrily debated questions in the presidential election. want to talk about this new al qaeda connection with our foreign affairs reporter elyse lavitt. they say they had signs of al qaeda involvement, but now they're even more convinced. why such a strong case now? what have we learned? >> well, suzanne, we've been reporting over the last 24 hours, and our intelligence correspondent susan kelly said we had signs early on that al qaeda and the al qaeda affiliate that's been operating in north africa was involved, but now we have new information that al qaeda in iraq, that's the group that was in iraq and had been weakened over the last couple of years was also involved in this kind of group of insurgents and extremists that launched this attack against the consulate. there are about 40 guys, and we believe that there's some in al qaeda in iraq. some in al qaeda and magram and also some from thi
ambassador in libya, chris stevens. who knew what, when, just a part of this criminal investigation. it's become one of the most angrily debated questions in the presidential election. want to talk about this new al qaeda connection with our foreign affairs reporter elyse lavitt. they say they had signs of al qaeda involvement, but now they're even more convinced. why such a strong case now? what have we learned? >> well, suzanne, we've been reporting over the last 24 hours, and our...
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ambassador to libya chris stevens. stay right there. we'll be back at the top of the hour for a full analysis of each man's performance and what happens from here. but now, let me take you back to that debate. >> i think we have another clear difference between the two of you. now let's move to health care, where i know there is a clear difference. and that has to do with the affordable care act, obama care. and it's a two-minute new segment. and that means two minutes each, and you go first, governor romney. you want it repealed. you want the affordable care act repealed. why? >> i sure do. well, in part, it comes again from my experience. i was in new hampshire. a woman came to me and she said, look, i can't afford insurance for myself or my son. i met a couple in appleton, wisconsin, and they said we're thinking of dropping our insurance. we can't afford it. and the number of small businesses that are dropping their insurance because they can't afford it. the cost of health care is just prohibitive and we've got to deal with cost. an
ambassador to libya chris stevens. stay right there. we'll be back at the top of the hour for a full analysis of each man's performance and what happens from here. but now, let me take you back to that debate. >> i think we have another clear difference between the two of you. now let's move to health care, where i know there is a clear difference. and that has to do with the affordable care act, obama care. and it's a two-minute new segment. and that means two minutes each, and you go...
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ambassador to libya, chris stevens. the fbi says inadequate security prevented them from starting their investigation in benghazi before now. [ chanting ] >> angry, frustrated people feeling powerless to stop the civil war in syria. this is hama. this is where opposition groups say more shells landed today. >> after 19 months in fighting in syria they estimate that 19,000 people have been killed. opposition groups put that number much, much higher. more than a million people, half of them children, they're refugees. they're even too afraid to go home. there's also another victim in the civil war too. we're talking about the country's rich, important ancient history. this. >> some of the greatest landmarks in ruins. now after 19 months of fighting and civil war the global heritage fund says many historical treasures are being destroyed. the ancient villages of northern syria were named the unesco heritage site in 2011. the region is home to monasteries, ancient churches b. many of those ancient ruins were knocked over as
ambassador to libya, chris stevens. the fbi says inadequate security prevented them from starting their investigation in benghazi before now. [ chanting ] >> angry, frustrated people feeling powerless to stop the civil war in syria. this is hama. this is where opposition groups say more shells landed today. >> after 19 months in fighting in syria they estimate that 19,000 people have been killed. opposition groups put that number much, much higher. more than a million people, half...
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aambassador stevens' father said in the past week he thought his son's death was being politicized. in addition to take tri-ing to take the heat off the white house in this election period, i think she's trying to refocus the nation that four brave americans died and, yes, it's important to find out what the breakdown in security or intelligence was, but also to just -- really just make sure that this doesn't happen again. and she says she's going to stay out of politics and be focused on making sure that u.s. diplomatic posts get the security and resources that they need. carol? >> elise, the timing to some is suspect. i mean, hillary clinton throws herself under the bus for the obama administration on the eve of this big presidential debate. what did she have to say about that? >> reporter: well, i mean, in fact, it was the white house, i wouldcy, this kind of threw the state department under the bus over the past week. vice president biden during the debate said we didn't know about those security requests and the white house started calling around to reporters and saying listen,
aambassador stevens' father said in the past week he thought his son's death was being politicized. in addition to take tri-ing to take the heat off the white house in this election period, i think she's trying to refocus the nation that four brave americans died and, yes, it's important to find out what the breakdown in security or intelligence was, but also to just -- really just make sure that this doesn't happen again. and she says she's going to stay out of politics and be focused on...
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. >> steven isn expert on compounding drugs and the manufacture of them at the university of maryland school of pharmacy. she says compounding pharmacies are traditionally supposed to work with doctors to make specific drugs for individual patients, but some compounding facilities like necc crossed over. >> you could obviously see when they're doing tens of thousands of units, they have crossed over from an individual prescription, an individual pharmacist and patient, to manufacturing, where they're distributing that widely to all of these different states. >> at that point, he said those facilities are supposed to be regulated by the fda. but necc never got federal approval to manufacture those drugs. that provoked some important questions. after william koch's death, couldn't regulators have stepped in, investigated necc and shut it down, add least temporarily? if they had done that, could the deaths in the current meningitis outbreak, including at least one here in maryland have been prevented? the fda doesn't have jurisdiction over compounding pharmacies until there's a problem.
. >> steven isn expert on compounding drugs and the manufacture of them at the university of maryland school of pharmacy. she says compounding pharmacies are traditionally supposed to work with doctors to make specific drugs for individual patients, but some compounding facilities like necc crossed over. >> you could obviously see when they're doing tens of thousands of units, they have crossed over from an individual prescription, an individual pharmacist and patient, to...